A cross-cultural view of positive mental health: two orthogonal main factors replicable in four countries

Student teachers, working teachers, and retired teachers from France, Germany, Greece, and the US completed a questionnaire containing items in Likert format with instructions to describe the mentally healthy person. Analyses of variance showed cultural and age differences, which were intepreted as...

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Published in:Journal of cross-cultural psychology 1991-06, Vol.22 (Jun 91), p.157-181
Main Authors: Minsel, B, Becker, P, Korchin, S J
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Crosscultural studies
Mental health
Perceptions
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Summary:Student teachers, working teachers, and retired teachers from France, Germany, Greece, and the US completed a questionnaire containing items in Likert format with instructions to describe the mentally healthy person. Analyses of variance showed cultural and age differences, which were intepreted as reflecting different degrees of permissiveness, varying self-concepts, and of differences in economic wealth of the countries studied. (Abstract amended)
ISSN:0022-0221